Back Injury,Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I have recently hurt my back at work. I have been going through therapy for the last 3 days and nothing has changed with one exception – my boss. I have been working for this company for going on 5 years now and my boss has been a really good guy to me…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I am a 31-year-old man who has worked for the city of _________ for 11 yrs. This past year I have been working as a jail officer in a 6-story building that is being renovated due to asbestos. About 8 months ago I noticed some changes in my breathing. I thought it was…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I have worked in underground coal mines for 32 years. I have had injuries to my neck and now I have had surgery on my neck as of 6/6/06. I will never be right again or able to do things I enjoy doing since I am not able to work again. I am…

Back Injury,Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I’m trying to figure out why I am scheduled to go up before an arbitrator on Aug 1, 2002 and my so-called attorney has not even tried to retrieve depostions from my doctors? Is this even possible? I was injured on the job about 2 1/2 years ago and I am still fighting…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I have been injured on the job and got a rating from my doctor of 13% whole body and 33% lower limb. Wanted to out what my options were when it came to settlement. Their number is $17,000. I think that not enough and wanted to know what was legally fair without getting…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Workers' Compensation,Wrongful Death - August 26, 2015

  Question: My husband was murdered on the job a few years ago, and our 4 children and myself have been receiving Workers Comp benefits since that time. The insurance company sent a letter asking if we would like to settle, and it is something that I have been considering. I have never been given…

FAQ,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

Question: I am an RN. A patient of mine fell out of bed. Two nursing assistants and I assisted the patient back into bed after she stated that she could stand. Two days later I started to have severe lower back pain. Currently I am in physical therapy, I have had 3 steroid injections into…

Back Injury,Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I’m from Alaska. I injured my back lifting 2 cases of antifreeze that were taped together. I am fighting the insurance adjuster pro se (this means he is representing himself, acting as his own attorney. I need to know if i can object to the employer’s case manager interfering with my doctor. I’m…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I am a flight attendant. I was injured in turbulence on 7/3/1994 on a flight from Denver to Chicago. I was working in the first class cabin, and the turbulence was so severe (typical summer thunderstorms) that the captain had called for us to be seated for awhile prior to the injury. The…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I am 33 years old, I am working as an overnight stocker. I had a serious injury in my lower back.  My MRI shows that I have a diffuse disc bulge and a right paracentral disc herniation at the L4-5 level of my back. And a diffuse disc bulge and a small roght…